Vesela Bikova
Risk Management
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business
“Effects of EDI on Social Inequality in China”
The Research will focus on what reasons and effects of the social
existing gap in China are. The final product will be a paper which
will examine existing empirical studies about the effects of FDI in
China and a statistical model.
Mentor - W. Jean Kwon, Associate Professor
Sunil Pandey
Physics
St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
“Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics”
The research will consist of studying non-equilibrium states in
nature in order to bring about a new understanding of energy and
entropy relations for biological systems.
Mentor - Dr. Robert Finkel, Professor
Ramya Sekaran
Government and Politics
St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
“The failure of ‘never again’: The legal and political barriers of
responding to Genocide”
This research will examine and evaluate the international legal and
political response to the current, ongoing genocide in Darfur,
Sudan and the international community’s failure in effectively
responding to genocide throughout the 20th and 21st
centuries.
Mentor - Dr. Fred Cocozzelli, Instructor
Nikesh Koirala
Physics and Mathematics
St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
“Electric Transport in Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Coating of
Silica Fibers”
The purpose of this research is to investigate the electrical
properties of carbon nanotube layers in a wide temperature range in
the present magnetic field. The ultimate goal is an empirical
analysis of carbon nanotubes in order to establish a well defined
relationship between temperature change and electrical conductivity
of carbon nanotubes.
Mentor - Vladimir Samuilov, Associate Professor
Nabintou Sanogo
Economics
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business
"Is Economic growth the cure to poverty? A global
perspective”
The research will consists of an in depth analysis of how poverty
is perceived worldwide and how it should be cured. The purpose is
to undermine the long time argument that economic growth is the
remedy for poverty.
Mentors - Dr. Charles Clark, Professor; Dr. Thomas P. Chen,
Professor
Amy Furman
Public Relations
College of Professional Studies
“Information and Communication Technologies and the
Re-Tribalization of the Global Society”
The goal of this research is to examine the role of information
communication technologies in the fragmentation of Middle Eastern
and South Asian societies in regards to pre-Islamic and
pre-colonial characteristics.
Mentor - Basilio Monteiro, Assistant Professor
Karma Shrestha
Computer Science
College of Professional Studies
“Computational Techniques for Elliptic Functions”
This research consists of using numerical techniques developed for
differential equations to understand elliptic functions. The goal
for this research is to find new connections of elliptic
functions.
Mentor - Dr. Florin Catrina, Assistant Professor
Alexander Knights
Management
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business
“Business Ethics: A much needed standard or a mere oxymoron?”
The objective of this research is to provide a framework for
understanding social responsibility of a corporation.
Mentor - Dr. Linda Sama, Professor
Rene Christian
Computer Systems Security Major
College of Professional Studies
“Virtualization: The innovation behind the information technology
revolution”
The project consists of in-depth research of Virtualization, which
is a new technology, that enables multiple operating systems,
platforms and application programs to run on a single machine
simultaneously. In addition, the research will consist of studying
the vulnerabilities and system security issues that affect this
technology.
Mentor - Dr. Ortero
Amalia Maria Melendez
Anthropology
St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
“Indigenous Archaeology; Building Bridges between Archaeologists
and native people”
The purpose of this research is to get a stronger understanding of
the relationship between indigenous people and archaeologists.
Amalia will be conducting her research first hand by working on an
archaeological dig.
Mentor - Dr. Barrett Brenton, Associate Professor
Rory Quinn
Psychology
St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
“Gender Differences in Anger Expression and Self-confidence Levels
Among Athletes”
The purpose of this research is to examine a difference in anger
expression and self-esteem, between genders and among athletes and
non-athletes. The study will consist of four groups; one of male
athletes, one of male non-athletes, one of female athletes, and one
of female non-athletes.
Mentor - Dr. Rafael Javier, Clinical Professor
Ubah Hamud
Psychology
St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
"In Limbo, The Psychological Impact of INS Detention Centers on
African Detainees
The purpose is to systematically examine the psychological impact
of INS detention centers on African refugees. She will research the
prevalence of African detainees that are incarcerated in INS
prisons, and conduct various reports, including interviews with
families of detainees.
Mentor - Dr. Tuchscherer, Associate Professor